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Statement On False Turkish Reports Of Armenian Apology

Wednesday, 04 February 2009

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Recently it was reported in Turkish mass media that Armenian-Australians had apologised to Turkey for acts of violence committed in the name of the Armenian people. These reports, based on an interview with Dr Armen Gakavian of Sydney have since been deemed incorrect in a clarification released by Gakavian himself.

As due diligence demands, ANC Australia has monitored both the original Turkish media reports and the subsequent clarification by Dr Gakavian to determine that the Turkish reports of an Armenian â€˜counter-apologyâ€™ are false and that Turkish media has on this occasion deliberately misinformed, misrepresented and misreported in order to deliberately defuse, distort and deny the Armenian Genocide.

ANC Australia takes this opportunity to once again reaffirm that the Armenian-Australian community and Armenians throughout the world remain united in their struggle for universal recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

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The Armenian National Committee of Australia is the largest and most influential Armenian grassroots political organisation. Directly representing 35 Armenian-Australian organisations, ANC Australia works in coordination with a network of offices, chapters and supporters throughout Australia and the world to actively advance the concerns of the Armenian-Australian community on a broad range of issues.